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SPORTS TUESDAY, MAY 16, 2017 1B FOLLOW US ON TWITTER @EOSPORTS Prep Track & Field Prep Golf TigerScot boys, Tiger girls win districts Greb, Bucks second at state Weston-McEwen boys earn 13 berths to state East Oregonian PRINEVILLE — The Weston-McEwen boys and Stanfi eld girls track teams earned their respective district title at the Columbia Basin Conference championships on Saturday afternoon. The TigerScot boys scored 119 points — a 20-point cushion on second place Heppner (99) — and earned 13 qualifying spots to the OSAA State Championships, while Stanfi eld squeaked out a victory with 89 points — fi ve ahead of second place Culver (84) and earned six state berths. For the Stanfi eld girls, Brittin Braithwaite secured four of the Tigers’ six state berths as she shined in the fi eld events. The senior fi nished second in the shot put (32-10), second in the discus (88-01), second in the javelin (102-00.50) and then won the high jump (4-08.00). For Weston-McEwen, junior sprinter Jacob Speed earned four state berths with a fi rst place fi nish in the 200 meter dash (23.79), fi rst place in the 400 meters (54.47), second place on the 4x100 relay team (49.50) and fi rst place with the 4x400 relay team (3:37.43). Pendleton girls just four strokes behind Wilsonville East Oregonian CRESWELL — The Pend- leton girls golf team felt like it would be a trophy contender at the OSAA State Championships if it could just put together two solid rounds at Emerald Valley Golf Club. The Buckaroos didn’t imagine they would be just four strokes off the lead, though, which is exactly the position they put themselves in with a team score of 363 on Monday that was improved on by only Wilsonville and its 359. As expected, Pend- leton has an individual title contender as well, and senior Haley Greb Greb also found herself in second place after 18 holes. She is tied with Summit’s Olivia Loberg two stroked behind Wilsonville’s Kaitlyn Howe who is one-over par at 73. “I mean, wow!,” Greb said of her teammates’ performances on Monday. “I knew we could get pretty close if we played well. It’s defi nitely really exciting for all of us.” Greb had three birdies in her round, but went to the range to work on her tee shots. “I missed a couple of key fairways that I had to hit and had to chip out for bogeys,” she said. “I think the key thing is just stay composed I’ve got to fi gure out how to hit a few more fairways.” Bucks sophomore Megan George was also one of the fi rst round’s top players and is sixth with 86. Rylee Harris is tied for 18th with 99, MaKenzie McLeod is tied for 23rd with 103, and Kendall Blair is 33rd with 115. Hermiston is fi fth in team scores with 405, and is led by senior Sydney Adams in 17th with 98. Sonja Peterson shot 99, Grace Blackhurst shot 103, Makenzie Lind is 25th with 105, and Leslie Browning is 38th with 123. Rain is in the forecast for today’s fi nal round. “We’ve played in a lot of that already this spring and hopefully we’re prepared,” Greb said. See GOLF/3B MLB Mariners hold on to beat Athletics See TRACK/2B Prep Tennis Hermiston’s Millard, Ternes earn state berths Bulldogs girls place second at district finals East Oregonian HERMISTON — The Hermiston girls tennis team’s top doubles pairing of Katelyn Millard and Jaycee Ternes will continue their prep careers for one more weekend. The seniors fi nished fourth at the 5A Special District 1 tournament on Saturday afternoon, clinching the No. 4 doubles berth to the OSAA State Championships. Bulldogs coach Jason Sivey was proud of his doubles pairing to reach one of the preseason goals. “Their whole season has been geared to ‘How can we get to state?’,” Sivey said. “I really think something changed around the Capital Invite tournament (on Apr. ), they got confi dent in themselves and knew they could compete with anyone. “Their work ethic and teammwork really showed here, and it paid off when it mattered.” As a team, Hermiston fi nished tied for second place with Mountain View and trailed only to district champion Summit. Sivey said he wasn’t sure a second place fi nish was feasible after a rough fi rst day at the tournament on Friday but he was proud of the way the team fi nished on Saturday. Hermiston’s fi nish was also helped out by the doubles team of Breena Wadekamper and See TENNIS/2B AP Photo/Elaine Thompson Seattle Mariners center fi elder Jarrod Dyson tumbles after snagging a fl y ball from Oakland Athletics’ Khris Davis in the sixth inning of a baseball game Monday, May 15, 2017, in Seattle. Cruz, Seager provide power from the plate for Seattle By JIM HOEHN Associated Press SEATTLE — Nelson Cruz and Kyle Seager each hit a two-run homer, and Yovani Gallardo pitched effectively into the seventh inning as the Seattle Mariners made the most of four hits to hold off the Oakland Athletics 6-5 on Monday night. Oakland scored twice in the ninth, when Mariners closer Edwin Diaz walked four of the fi ve batters he faced to force in a run. Tony Zych relieved, and the second run scored on Khris Davis’ groundout. After an intentional walk to Yonder Alonso loaded the bases again, Zych struck out Adam Rosales looking on a 3-2 pitch for his fi rst major league save. Cruz’s home run, his ninth, put Seattle up 4-0 in the second as the Mariners capitalized on fi ve walks by Sean Manaea (1-3), activated earlier in the day off the disabled list. Oakland pulled to 4-3 on a solo homer by Davis in the Oakland fourth and a two-run shot by Stephen Vogt in the fi fth. Both came off Gallardo (2-3), who allowed three runs and four hits in 6 1/3 innings. Seager made it 6-3 in the eighth with his third home run. Guillermo Heredia, who reached on a two-base throwing error by shortstop Chad Pinder, scored ahead of Seager. Manaea’s four walks after a leadoff single by Jean Segura led to a pair of Seattle runs in a 38-pitch fi rst inning. Manaea escaped further damage by striking out Tuffy Gosewisch with the bases loaded to end the inning. In the second, Cruz sent a 1-2 pitch over the center-fi eld wall after a one-out walk to Segura. After that, Manaea retired the 5 fi nal 10 batters he faced. He allowed four runs and two hits in Seattle fi ve innings with seven strikeouts in his fi rst start since April 26. Davis made it 4-1 with one out in the fourth, fouling off six consecutive pitches with a full count before launching his 11th homer. Oakland pulled to 4-3 when Trevor Plouffe singled to open the fi fth and Vogt followed with his second home run. Seattle escaped in the seventh after Vogt walked with one out and Pinder doubled, chasing Gallardo. Dan Altaville relieved and walked Rajai Davis on four pitches to load the bases, but Matt Joyce struck out and Jed Lowrie bounced to second. TRAINER’S ROOM Mariners: 2B Robinson Cano (sore quadriceps) sat out again. 6 He originally was in the lineup, but was scratched. ... RHP Steve Cishek was activated off the 10-day DL after recovering from hip surgery, and LHP Zac Curtis was optioned to Double-A Arkansas. Cishek entered in the eighth and retired the only batter he faced. He was 1-0 with a 3.00 ERA in six innings over seven rehab appearances with Arkansas and Triple-A Tacoma. ... OF Mitch Haniger, on the 10-day DL with a strained right oblique, hit off a tee in the batting cage. “Really positive and moving in the right direction,” manager Scott Servais said. UP NEXT Athletics: RHP Andrew Triggs (5-2, 2.21 ERA) has given up just one home run in 40 2/3 innings over seven starts. Mariners: Rookie RHP Chase De Jong (0-3, 7.85), acquired from the Dodgers in early March, makes his third major league start. Sports shorts Seahawks considering Kaepernick RENTON, Wash. (AP) Seattle Seahawks coach Pete Carroll said Monday that the team is considering Colin Kaepernick and Robert Griffi n III as possible backup options to starting quarterback Russell Wilson. In an interview with KIRO-AM, Carroll was asked specifi cally about the pair of veteran quarterbacks who would seem to fi t the style Seattle desires in Wilson’s backup. “We’re looking at everybody. We really are,” Carroll said. “We’ve been tracking everything that is Kaepernick going on and we’ve got cap and roster issues and stuff like that that we’re trying to make sure we manage properly but quite frankly, yes, we’re looking at all those guys.” Trevone Boykin served as Wilson’s backup last season but has run into off-fi eld issues during the offseason. Carroll often praised Kaepernick when he was with San Francisco. “He’s huge. And he’s going to keep playing huge. He did a fantastic job. He’s done everything we’ve asked him to do. He’s doing great.“ — Pete Carroll Seattle Seahawks head coach on new running back Eddie Lacy, signed as a free agent during the offseason. Lacy earned a $55,000 bonus on Monday for weighing in at 253 pounds. He’ll be expected to weigh no heavier than 245 pounds during the season. NWSL players plan to unionize (AP) — Players from the National Women’s Soccer League whose salaries are not paid by a national federation have formed the NWSL Players Association, a fi rst step toward creating a union. National team players from Canada and the United States are allocated across the NWSL and their salaries are paid by their federations. The newly formed association represents those players who don’t have those national team ties. The non-allocated players overwhelmingly approved a new constitution and bylaws in May, the association said Monday. The group seeks to represent the interests of non-allocated players with the teams and the league offi ce. The minimum salary for non-allocated players in the league is $15,000. Many have second jobs, run clinics or coach on the side to make ends meet, and some live with host families. THIS DATE IN SPORTS 1980 — The Los Angeles Lakers beat the Philadelphia 76ers 123-107 to win the NBA title in six games. Rookie guard Magic Johnson fi lls in at center for injured Kareem Abdul- Jabbar and comes up with 42 points, 15 rebounds and seven assists and is honored as the Finals MVP. The 42 points are the most scored by a rookie in an NBA Finals game. 2009 — Rachel Alex- andra becomes the fi fth fi lly to win the Preakness Stakes, and the fi rst since Nellie Morse in 1924. Rachel Alex- andra holds off the late rush of Kentucky Derby victor Mine That Bird. Contact us at 541-966-0838 or sports@eastoregonian.com
